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Re:Amazon Health by shaqbert on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:49AM (#16280610)
Why did Larry Lessig not find more support amongst the tech billionaire crowd? His open source policy programs on fixing US democracy ought to be a magnet for hobnobbing billionaires at the very top of Maslow's pyramid.
Re:Amazon Health by dagw on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:04AM (#16280672)
Why did Larry Lessig not find more support amongst the tech billionaire crowd?

Cynically, because both the current system in general and the current administration in particular is perfect for billionaires. They have everything they could ever want, so why risk that? Don't fix what ain't broken.

Re:Amazon Health by scrame on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:07AM (#16280682)
because tech billionaires don't give a shit if poor people die or go bankrupt from medical bills. They've likely never even had to think about it.
Re:Amazon Health by jeffbax on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:43AM (#16281440)
Sounds like Bezos might disagree.

The problem with US healthcare isn't profit seeking, it's that years of regulatory technical debt starting with the employer tax deduction totally broke the market and the incentives to control costs are shattered like most things our interests-captive government pays for anymore.

I for one am cheering on the capitalists trying to come and do an end run around this political mess. There's no reason healthcare can't be like buying anything else in a competitive market other than the legal complexity dealing with it and daunting capital required to over come that.